Re: UKNM: Linking to sites

[Steve Bowbrick]

...try to imagine a web in which you have to seek permission to link,

either at some kind of low level machine-to-machine hand-shake kind

of level or at a contractual level.


A moment's thought will convince you it's not a web at all (it's

probably Ted Nelson's Xanadu) and, had TBL made permission mandatory

you'd have been making your living driving a mini cab or being

secretary general of the UN (or whatever you were doing before all

this fuss).


Linking is fundamental - the very reason it all grew so fast. Any

threat to linking, even 'deep' (also known as 'useful') linking, is a

pretty big threat to the value of the web.


s


>Did they say which clause of the act it infringes?

>Can't see how it could be without them infringing the act themselves.

>

>----- Original Message -----

>

From: "Jo Chipchase" <jocanuhackit [dot] net>

>

To: <uk-netmarketingchinwag [dot] com>

>Sent: 20 October 2000 21:39

>Subject: RE: UKNM: Linking to sites

>

>

>>  A corporate client has just told me not to link to any of their client

>>  sites, because it is infringing the Data Protection Act.  Surely no-one

>>  would be so churlish to complain about having targeted traffic driven to

>>  them?  We're not talking deep linking here - just a link to the front

>page!

>>

>>  Jo.


[Sam says: msg chopped]


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